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BUSINESS LEADERSHIP ON GROUNDWATER
Workshop, Stockholm, Sept 1, 2016
01 SCALE
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Efficiency Replenishment Coordination Research
Food & Agriculture
Power & Infrastructure
Extractives Rio TintoMongolia
Shell Global SolutionsGlobal
ConnocoPhillipsQatar
BHP BillitonSouth Australia
CaterpillarIndia
Veolia EnvironmentGermany
Duke EnergyUnited States
GEUnited States
NestleMexico
Coca-ColaIndia
California Water Action Collaborative
SABMiller & PepsicoIndia
02AREAS OF BUSINESS ACTION
03WHAT COMPANIES ARE COMMUNICATING
A review of 75 largest public multinationals in 3 sectors
04GOVERNANCE GAPS & International efforts
1 Absent or weak institutions
Global framework for action & capacity building efforts with governments
2Transboundary jurisdictions
3Insufficient data
Internationally Shared Aquifer Resources Management (ISARM) inventory
Global Groundwater Information System (GGIS)
Global Groundwater Monitoring Network (GGMN)
1. License to operate: Better communicate what a company is already doing on an issue that will increasingly affect its license to operate.
2. Strategic position: Define the role a company can play to improve transboundary aquifer governance
• Working on pre-competitive efforts with corporate networks
• Working across borders through their subsidiaries
• Partnering with governments, universities and policy-makers to build capacity
3. Corporate assets: Use assets such as groundwater/basin data as a contribution to build localised partnerships.
05RECOMMENDATIONS
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THANK YOU
DownloadCEO Briefing: Global Depletion of Aquifers at earthsecuritygroup.com
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PANELAnna Swaithes, SABMiller plcAnders Berntell, Water Resources Group/IFCYoussef Filali Meknassi, UNESCO-IHP